as in inscription
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Neglected and overgrown, the inscription was barely legible until local historian and YouTuber Kevin Cuthbertson recently decided to take action.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Newer gemstones, for example, sometimes carry a laser inscription inside that can be evaluated in a lab.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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Even the White House Historical Association, with a caution that has become typical of this dark time, confines itself to stating that it has been allowed to make a digital record of what’s being destroyed—as though that were a defense, rather than an epitaph.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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An epitaph is an inscription in memory of someone, usually on a tombstone.—
Kathy and Ross Petrass,
CNBC,
23 Oct. 2025
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